JP> BC>
JP>   > You should mention the Hobbes OS/2 CD-ROM.
JP> BC>
JP> 
JP>   I've already been discussing that with someone else via netmail.
JP>   Although I have my reservations about Hobbes counting as CD-ROM
JP>   distribution, I'll probably put it in.

Late note: WARNING! THE LATEST HOBBES OS/2 CD-ROM NO LONGER HAS .EXE 
READY-TO-RUN PRE-INSTALLED PROGRAMS! The 8/94 CD is 680MB of ZIP
files.

Walnut Creek told me that they'll be coming out with a "ready-to-run"
CD next month (Oct.); given that it took 6 months to get out the next
"quarterly" Hobbes CD, I guess that means Jan. '95? They couldn't fit 
all the needed ZIP files AND the pre-installed code on one CD, so the 
new executeable CD will have lots more.

I had to fix the epson driver in Ghostscript for OS/2, and that meant
 using the pre-installed emx/gcc compiler on the 2/94 Hobbes CD.  It's 
quite a sight to watch the compiler churn away; took 30min to do the
137 objects for Ghostscript. That's when I realized I'd not yet made
the  mods to the gdevepsn.c....  The emx stuff really works, though
you  need a MAKE (I used C Set++ nmake), and runs off CD at moderate
speed.

Thus, the $16-$19 street-priced Hobbes CD (especially the 2/94
edition)  makes for one of the lowest-budget OS/2 compilers.  As for
your "command line" comment, I'm not about to do battle with emacs
right now, but the one on the 2/94 Hobbes does seem to run as a PM
program, and i'd not be at all surprised if it could be beaten into
spawning emx compiles and maybe even vectoring off the errors. Like I
said, the debugger is the  missing part of such a poor man's IDE, PM or
no PM.

The latest Hobbes seems to lack sources for Ghostscript. Anyone know
if  it's past v2.6.1 yet?

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